Vengaboys
boom into city’s heartChandigarh, September 16Music can be strange at times.
Where on the one hand it soothes the seething senses, on the other it
unwraps a lot of hidden wildness. It was the latter form of music at
work in the Sector 17 Circus Grounds today, where the
comparatively-dormant crowd of the city beautiful donned a metro-look
and threw all inhibitions to air... just to keep pace with the fast
music of the greatest party animals in the world — the Vengaboys.

DEADLY ON STAGE: Vengaboys, the Spanish pop group comprising Kim, Denice, Roy and Yorick, are captured in a rocking pose on the stage of Circus Ground in Sector 17 during the Pepsi Vengaboys concert on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Pradeep Tewari

PGI
to start cornea retrieval planChandigarh, September 16To enhance retrieval of corneas
from the deceased, the PGI is all set to implement the Hospital Cornea
Retrieval Programme (HCRP) in the institute.

Agenda
for PU Senate meetingChandigarh, September 16The Panjab University senate will
take up a voluminous 400 page agenda for discussion in its forthcoming
meeting on September 30.

Panchkula
showroom guttedPanchkula, September 16Goods worth Rs 60 lakh were
destroyed in a fire which broke out in a showroom in Sector 11, here
this morning. Short circuiting is suspected to be the cause of the
fire which was brought under control after nearly two hours after it
broke out.

This is what remains after a fire broke out in a readymade garments showroom at Sector 11 in Panchkula on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Parvesh Chauhan

VSNL
help sought in hacking caseChandigarh, September 16The first-ever case of cyber
crime detected in the city almost a fortnight ago is still hanging
fire with Punjab Communications Limited (Puncom) having referred the
case to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL).

Need
for review of Constitution: ex-CJChandigarh, September 16Justice Rama Jois, a former Chief
Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, said today that there
was a need for review of the Constitution. Delivering the key-note
address at the Adhivakta Parishad Punjab and Chandigarh State
conference this morning, Justice Rama Jois said Article 45, which
incorporated a directive to the state to provide free primary
education for all citizens till the age of 14, had not been
effectively implemented.

3
girls, 2 pimps arrestedSAS Nagar, September 16In a swoop this evening, the
local police arrested three girls and two pimps, allegedly running
flesh trade, from a house in Phase 3B II here. The girls in their
early 20s hail from Silliguri in Assam and Sundernagar in Himachal
Pradesh. This is the second time within a week when the police has
arrested girls and pimps involved in flesh trade.

HOW
many in the city are aware of Shanti Marg? Perhaps not many. The
reason is that this new road, portions of which have dual carriageways
and which runs from 3 Base Repair Depot to the Sector 38 and Sector
38-West intersection, is yet to be officially christened.

Haryana
telecom subscribers allege discriminationChandigarh, September 16Telephone subscribers who want to
be linked to Haryana are being discriminated against by Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL) with their capital not being linked on the local
dialing service at cheaper rates.

Woman
killed in freak accidentChandigarh, September 16A woman was killed in a freak
accident in Sector 11 here when she got strangulated after her dupatta
got entangled in a wheel of a rickshaw.

INTERACTIVE‘I would
like to re-contest poll’Chandigarh, September 16The city Mayor, Ms Harjinder Kaur,
a social activist, founder president of the International Sikh Women’s
Forum and president of Punjab Sangeet Natak Academy, won the 1996 MC
elections as a Shiromani Akali Dal ( Badal) candidate from ward No. 9,
comprising southern Sectors 34, 35 and 44 by a big margin. Excerpts of
an interview:

Bansal
promises Rs 10 lakh for UT villagesChandigarh, September 16The local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal,
today visited Daria, Mauli Jagran and Kishangarh villages and took stock
of various works for which recommendations had been made from his MP
Local Area Development Scheme (MALADS).

Provide
alternate sites: shopkeepersSAS Nagar, September 16Shopkeepers of the market at
Lambian village have urged the Punjab Government to provide them
alternate shops before demolishing their shops in the village. They said
they were ready to purchase sites at the bulk material market in Sector
65-A here at the reserved price. The period of paying the instalments
should be extended, they pleaded.

A banner battle on the Panjab
University campus colours a girls' hostel building as student
elections draw near. —Tribune photo

SPIC
centre to start functioning todayChandigarh, September 16Chances are, it is the snazziest
place in town to learn computers. And considering the style and
environment, may be the most economical too.

Party
fissures plugged for PU pollsChandigarh, September 16All major student organisations on
the Panjab University campus have developed internal fissures which are
being plugged to present a fortified look before the forthcoming
elections to the PU Campus Students Council.

Principals
attend NCTE workshopChandigarh, September 16The National Council for Teacher
Education, (NCTE), New Delhi, organised a one-day information and
communication technology workshop at Dev Samaj College of Education,
Sector 36, here today.

120
given stationery setsSAS Nagar, September 16Under a project ‘Sayhog 2001’
for needy students, the local unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad
organised a function at Government Senior Secondary School in Phase III
B0-1 here recently. As many as 120 students, including 12 handicapped
students of fourth and fifth level class of different government primary
schools were given a stationery set each.

Rare
surgery at local hospitalPanchkula, September 16Performing a rare surgery on a
48-year-old resident of Sector 18, Chandigarh, yesterday at Kaiser
Hospital, Dr M.S. Ganesh, Senior Consultant in Surgical Oncology from
Delhi, said the procedure of specialised management of very small breast
lesions called ‘Mammographic needle localisation and surgical
removal’, had been introduced at the hospital.

Gurnoor
shines in single scullsChandigarh, September 16Gurnoor Kang in the girls section
and Praveen Kumar in the men’s section emerged winners in the single
scull event in the one-day Chandigarh Rowing Championship held here
today at Sukhna Lake. The meet was organised by the Chandigarh Rowing
Association. Ms Neeru Nanda, Advisor to the UT Administrator, gave away
the prizes, Mr T.C. Gupta, president of the CRA, was also present on the
occasion.